Ecology Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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all of the living and nonliving things interacting in an area
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ecosystem
2
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the place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs
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habitat
3
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all the living things in an area
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biotic factors
4
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all the nonliving things in an area (sunlight, temperature, soil, rocks, water, and oxygen)
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aboitic factors
5
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a group of organisms with similar characteristics, that reproduce with one another
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species
6
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a living thing
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organism
7
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group of the same organism (species) living together
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population
8
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many different populations (biotic) living in an area
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community
9
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the study of the interaction between living and nonliving things
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ecology
10
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leaving a population
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emigration
11
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moving into a population
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immigration
